The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Temptation Quotes

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another...

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever...

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever...

As long as you've got passion, faith and are willing to work hard, you can...

As long as you've got passion, faith and are willing to work hard, you can...

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare...

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare...